Rug-holder.



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`JOHN '.DOYLE, 0F HOBOKEN, 'NEW JERSEY.

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Specification of kLetters Patent.

Patented May i, iai-a.

I Application filed ctobe1"25,|1916. Serial No.i 127,541.

To all whom t concern:

`Be it known that l, JOHN DoYLn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hoboken,V

in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have linvented a certain new and usei ful Improvement in Bug-Holders, of which the following isI a specification.

The invention relatesfto fasteners for holding a rug .in placel upon the ioor or upon a carpet or other covering laid upon the ioor beneath the rug, and the object of the invention is yto provide a ldevice which `may be easily and inconspicuously engaged with the rug and lsecured to the floor ben A further .object is to p'rovide means for the insertion of A a suitable implement beneath the device, whereby it maybe easily and quickly ldrawn from the floor and without appreciable damage to the Hoor surface.

features and details of construction' and arrangement by*` which the above objects are attained, to belhereinafter 'described and claimed. g 'v f' Y The accompanyin drawings form a part of this specification ,and show approved forms ofthe invention. V

ferred ,form of the device. f

Fig. 2 is a plan view von a small scale showing a portion of .a rug andthe relation of the holders thereto.

j Fig. Sis a holders alone, on va larger scale. l Fig. 4 is a corresponding view of the under face. 4

, Figure 5 is an 'edge View. The detted lines show the relative, positions, of the' l holder, rug, and door when in' service.`

in Fig. 4. Fig. 7 is aplan or top vview of a modified l forml of the device. v

Fig.`8" is an 'edge view corresponding to Fig. l9 is an enlarged detailin edge view. v Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in all the'figures. l y Referring to Figs. l to 6 inclusive, A' is a 'plate or triangular disk preferably of sheet steel having at each angle a prong or spurwith thelplate and bent downwardly to project at a' right angle to 5v5 the under face of the plate.

' B formed integral Across' thefupper face of the plate lies a from below and The invention consists in certain novel Figure l is a perspective viewofa preplan or top view of one of thev i sisting preferably of a tack thrust Fig. 6 is a section taken on'the4 line 6+6 u vupon the upper D1 D1 are'simil'ar to those above describedwire C secured in place by solder or otherwise, having its vouter ends projecting upwardly as pins D D.

The plates are attached to the rug M, .preferably one-at each corner, by passing the points of the pins D D through the rug folding the pins -downwardly parallel with each other as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 5, to engage the rugA between them and the plate A. The

pins D D are pressed firmly down and vrlie.

concealed in the pile of the rug.v The rug is then placed in the desired position upon the floor and the spurs B By on each of the 'lov plates driven into the floor by pressure Aof the -foot upon the upper .face of the rug, either directly into the floor or through a carpet or other floor vThe pressure thus applied also embedsthe covering, not shown.

pins 4D D in the upper face of the rug and aids in concealing them.

u The operation of bending the yspurs B B- I downwardly at a right angle, to the under face of the lplate causes the root-of eachwt" b which preventsthej form a short curve at spur from entering its full length into the floor and thus holds the plate with its lower face "out bf contact with the floor surface 'and lprovides a .slight opening or space adapted to permit the entrance of an imple- -`ment by which upward pressure may be the plate andthe spurs thus exerted upon withdrawn to release the rug, see Fig. 9. rlhis slight elevation` of the plate avoids marring the floor excepting the small punctures'made by the spurs.

Figs. 7 and 8 show a form'in which Ya single spur B1 is employed, centrally located on the under face of the plate A1 and conthrough a hole in the plate'an'd its head B2 soldered face of thepla'te. rlhe pins but the wire C1 of which they are formed is in two pieces separated'by the tack-head B2. This form of the holder is attached to the rug and engaged with the iioor in a manner similar to that described, and the desired, as may the length of the spurs and their number and location.

I claim The rug holder described comprising a plate having a downwardly extended spur on lts under face adapted to engage a floor,

5 upwardly projecting upper face adapted' pliable wire pins on its to penetrate a rug and fold downwardly thereon,l said plate being formed at its edge w plate with its lower f ith means to hold said ace out of Contact with JOHN DoYLE. f Witnesses ,c

F. W. S.l ELSTROTH, CHARLES R. SEARLE. 

